English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 1471:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Capitalism is an economic system which is founded on the principle of free enterprise and the private ownership of the means of production and distribution. The - 11 – [A. protagonists B. antagonists C. determiners D. attorneys] of capitalism claim that its essential characteristic is economic - 12- [A. exploitation B. manipulation C. manoeuvring D. freedom]. The producer is free to produce whatever goods he – 13 - [A. sells B. buys C. fancies D. manufactures]. but the - 14 – [ A. customer B. consumer C. controller D. marketer]. is equally free to buy what he wants. There is a market mechanism under this system, which brings the producer and consumer together and tends to equate the supplies of the one to the demands of the other, and -15 – [A. neutralize B. harmonize C. settle D. decide] the whims and caprice of both. It is this same - 16 – [A. market B. controlling C. operational D. production] mechanism which determines what prices the consumers pay to the producers, as what share of the total - 17- [ A. dividends B. interest C. output D. profit], in cash or kind, goes to each of the four recognized -18 – [ A. managers B. agents C. methods D. factors] of production – land, labour capital and organization. It is further claimed for this system that every person is capable of watching his or her own interest, and that whatever injustice is done by the - 19 – [A. pricing B. operations C. managers D. buyers and sellers] of the market mechanism, this mechanism tends to bring about a state of - 20 – [ A. conflict B. equidistance C. equilibrium D. opprobrium] between the producers and the consumers.

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  In the gap numbered 12 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) exploitation
  B) manipulation
  C) manoeuvring
  D) freedom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1472:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  guitar

  Options:
  A) judge
  B) rogue
  C) jam
  D) strange
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1473: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The demonstrators have refused to call off their action Options:
  A) consolidate
  B) start
  C) resume
  D) end
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1474:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).:

  You could see that Akpan did not give his evidence _____

  Options:
  A) honestly completely
  B) complete honestly
  C) honest completely
  D) completely honestly
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1475:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  Long after everyone _____ the hall, Obi still sat inside.

  Options:
  A) left
  B) is leaving
  C) has left
  D) had left
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1476:

  Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.

  The secretary and treasurer did not do ____ job.

  Options:
  A) their
  B) all of the above
  C) none of the above
  D) his
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1477:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  I wouldn't have responded to his rude talk, if l were you.

  Options:
  A) the advice was taken by the respondent so he did not respond to the talk
  B) the adviser put himself in the respondent's position, so he did not respond to the talk
  C) the respondent replied to the speaker's talk, althought he ought not have done so
  D) what was advisable was that the respondent gave it back to the speaker
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1478:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The journalist's write-up contained a plethora of detail.

  Options:
  A) shortage
  B) simplicity
  C) complexity
  D) spectrum
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1479: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Three-quarters of the church _____ painted by the members the previous day? Options:
  A) were
  B) was
  C) is
  D) are
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1480:

  In this question, choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  The proprietor of our school with his administrator ------------ expected yesterday.

  Options:
  A) are
  B) is
  C) was
  D) were
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  The correct answer is C .